Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-01

cloud, and big one, on The hon ION. IT.
had, Indeed, heard no moro OF those con
founded hippopotami; but It Is not ON Tia,
account to DO supposed thai our saesiieve MA.
forgotten, or the enmity of tho Great AM
powerful priesthood headed by Agon NJ
peased. On the contrary, It was burning The
more flercely because II was necessarily s,,n
pressed, and what hal perhaps begun ii
bigotry wasendlng In downright direct hatred
born OF Jealousy. Hitherto the priests had
been the wise men OF tho land. and wera
on this account, as well as from suner.
stitious causes, looked on with peculiar ven
Grafton. But our arrival, with our outland.
ish wisdom and our strange inventions and
hints OF unimagined things. dealt a serIoua
blow to this state OF affairs. and. afoor. tba
educated Zu-Vendi, went far TOW ard destroy
ing the priestly prestige A stiIl no.ro
anront TO them, however, was Tire favor with
which we were regarded, and the trust that
was reposed 10 us All these tainss tended
to mako Us excessively obnoxious 70 te Great
sacerdotal clan, the most powerful L.clu.e
the most united faction In tho kingdom
Another source OF iamincns t,.nccr To- rs
was the rising envy Of some OF tho ,eeat
lords, headed by Nasta, whose nntaso, Il n ~
us bad at best been but thinly vi aa. anil
which now threatened to break ont IN 4 a,,sn
flame Nasta had for some years heen !
candidate for Nylepthas hand IN ,nnr,iaon
and when ne appeared on the scene, fancy
from all could gather, that though thera
we're still many oSetaeicssia his path. suecess
was by no,means out Of his reach. But now
all this had changed; the coy Nyleptha smiled
no more IN his direction, and he WINS not slow
70 guess the cause Infatuated and alarmed
he turned bis attention to Sorais, only to fufi
that he might aswell try to woo mountain
side. With o bitter jest or two about lis
ickleness. that door was closed on him for.
ever. So Nasta bethought him of the 20. (oo
wild swcrdsmen who would pour down at his
bidding through the northern mountain
passes, and no doubt vowed to adorn tic
gates OF Milosis with our heads. ~
But first he determined, as we learned "a
make one more attempt, and to demand tho
hand Of Nyleptha in the open court after the
formal annual ceremony of the signing of the
laws that had been proclaimed by the Queens
during the year rl 4 n
or this astounding fact Nyleptha heard
with simulated nonchalance, and with littla
trembling OF the voice herself informed rs Of
it as we sat at supper on the night preceding
the great ceremony OF the law signing.
Sir henry bit his lip, and, do what he cou,d
to prevent it, plainly showed his agitation.
"And what answer will the oueen ha
pleased to give to the great lord9" asked |. i,
a TESTING manner
Answer, Macumazahnr for we had .,acto,
to pass by our Zulu names in Zu. yendiS sba
said' with pretty shrug Of her ivory shout
uer. Nay, l know not; what is a poor
woman TO 90 when the wooer has $1,000
swords wherewith to urge his lover and from,
under her long lashes she glanced at Curtis.
just then we rose from the table TO adionrn
INTO another room. "Quatermain, word.
quiekl" said Sir Henry TO me. "Listen: [
have never spoken about it, but surely Won
have guessed-I love Nyleptha. What am
to do2" th4 "'A'
Fortunately, had more or less already
taken the question into consideration on.l
was therefore able to give such answer az
seemed the wisest to me.
"You must speak to Nyleptha TONIGHT y
said. aNow is your time-now or nave,
Listen; in the sitting room get near to her
and whisper to her to meet you at miinight
by the Rademas statue at the end of the oreot
hall. will keep watch for you there. Now
or never, Curtis"
We passed on into the other room. Nvlen- |
tina was sitting, her hands before her and =
sad, anxious look upon her lovely face
little way off was Sorais talking to Good n |
her slow, measured tones.
The time went on; in another quarter of nm |
hour | knew that, according to their habit
the queens would retire. AS yet Sir Henry
had had no chance OF saying word in pri-
vate; indeed, though we saw much of the
royal sisters it was, by no means easy to SEQ
Them alone. racked my brains, andat last
III idea came to me-
"W1ll the queen be pleased saids bowling
ow before Sorais, "to sing unto her seryantsl
Dur hearts are heavy this night. Sing to MS.
) Lady of the Night" (Sorais' favorite name
among the people,.
Ny songs, Macumazahn, are not such as
o tighten the heavy heart, yet will sing il
t pleases thee" she answered, and she rose
md went few PAGES to table, whereon Law
IN instrument not unlike either. and struck
| few wandering chords.
ITO be Continued.) uea l.